The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-08

hope OF reward. II must he a consolation
and sweet comfort TO the great-hcarted
physician TO feel that as far as
man is able TO do so, he is
rcverently and humbly following
the precepis and teachings OF our great
physician who gratuitously healed the sick
and raised the dead. Fees from this
source, gentlemen, in life may not cause
your pockets to jingle with gold, but in
that great hereafter you may find that the
sum total shall have been passed to your
credit. And now, gentlemen, wishing
you God-specd in your good work, |
again bid you welcome TO the privileges OF
this city and TO the inequalities OF our
home and our hearts. y
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Clapp's speech,
DIR. Mattox, OF Mississippi, moved that the
thanks OF the convention be returned TO
the reverend divine and the distinguished
gentleman who had 80 warmly and elo-'
quently greeted the convention. The mo-
ton was carried amid applause.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
then read by DIR. Wiliiord. The reading
OF them consumed half hour or more, and
at the conclusion, on motion, they were
unanimously approved as read.
On motion, the chairman appointed DIR.
Prewitt, OF Arkansas; DR.. MattOx, Of Mis-
sissippi and DR.. lipscOmbe, OF Tennessee,
as Il committee on credentials. Several
minutes were consumed by the committee
in taking the names OF new members, and
Treasurer CrolTOrd was kept busy taking
in and reccipting the annual dues Of old
members. by this time IL was near 1890
O'Clock, and member from the rear Of
the hall, who evidently smelled the sub
slantial yands as they were beingprcpared
in the kitchen up through the Railways,
moved that the convention adjourn TO 2
O'Clock pm. There was not q dissenting
voice, and Esculapian epicures filed out
into the corridors and TO their rooms, and
in short order crowded into the dining
hall. They certainly looked well after their
liycrs, for all OF them have good appetitcs
The menu was not more than finished,
and those who liked had time 10 take a
few pulls on an imported cigar, before the
hour for the
AFTERNOON SESSION
had arrived. They came into the ordinary
slowly, and IL was 2:l5 O'Clock before Pres
idcnt Dunn again bruised his knuckles on
the heavy wooden table. They are an or
DERBY as well rs a very representative set Of
gentlemen.
DIR. r. j. CrolIord is about tho only
beardlCss one among them, but il Is not
because he is not old enough TO raise a
beard but probably because his fresh, full
face shows TO better advantage that he does
not wear one.
PRESIDENT DUNN's ADDRESS.
President Dunn, after the convention
had come TO order, rose and said, in sub
stance:
"Genilcmen-As Won did me the honor
nj your last meeting 10 elect me your pres
ident, II becomes my duty 10 address You
on this occasion, being the seventh annual
convention of this body. | had hoped Ia
have been able 10 have written out an adj
dress, appropriate, 80 far as | was able. to
the occasion; but owing 10 the ppcnrious
condition OF my health for the past several
months, ! had abandoned the idea OF hay
ing the pleasure II being with you today;
but ! congratulate myself that ! nm here.
though | have not prepared any set
speech, as IL otherwise would have been
my duty 10 have done. As IL il, ] will
only claim the attention OF this body for
few moments in which ] will briefly call
its attention 10 several matters which pre-
sent themselves 90 my mind M being in
the line of its consideration. This asso-
citation originated here in Memphis,
and the medical college OF this
city, | believe, is It's author. Situ-
atcd ~ Memphis II, in the ,centcr
almost OF The scope Of territory over which
this convention reaches, IL was most proper
and natural that having nj heart most
closely its own and the surrounding coun-
try's interest, that such movement should
have had It's inception here. The geo
hygcniC aud other closely allied
interests Of the three States create as n me-
cCssity such n body as we find ourselves
met in today. The objects OF the OrgapHi-
ton, from our natural positions and the
sore experiences Of the past, arc made man
ilc-t in the slightest rctrnspcction OF them.
/ think that there should be members oi
different localities embraced in our section
to prepare and read papers on the various
phase ul the eases which come under their
special observation. The swamp doctor.
as lac Is commonly known, sees and treats
many kinds of cases indigenous to his par.
ticular section. lie has not all the modern
appliances aud arrangements, IL may be,
and il Is we'll that he should meet in con.
Vcntion with his city brethren, discuss his
benefit Of their latest microscopicnl and
other investigations ON like cases. This
association iscJpahlcuf incllcunhlc benefit
to it, members, and through each other 10
The vast territory Of people whom they
represent The papers reported here an,
all oi novel value aud should be published
and disseminated through our own and
other medical publications. Each Nom.
Der should read and consider them caro-
fully.
81 believe stated at the outset that this
organization was iind started In this city.
II has had many enthusiastic and inter.
csling sessions hcr In ils earlier years.
but II ! am not altogether mistaken,
think ! can scc signs OF u lack oi interest
Ia its existence by the local member, here.
! ana sorry To observe this, aud | hope,
bcl0U this session IL ended, that there will
be- abundant evidences OF personal and
professional interest 10 dispcl Il altogether.
There should Ice the fullest concord be.
twCcn our mcmhcs, and each should,
and ! trust will, vie with the
Others 10 marc this association
what it was intended and should bc. Let
~ have q united fellowship =onc that will
work theoretically for the high and noble
purposes Tor which We were created.
There Is one thing certain, that none oi us
ever come and ~ away from Mcmph,
without carrying with us the kindcst re,
objections ol the generous greeting we
always received NJ the hands of her citi.
ycns and our brethren hcW | reckon |
had hest stop right herr. having lid an
and moro than intended to Ia these eur.
sorry rrmarks. Thanking YOU, gentlemen
Of the convention, We will nov proceed to
business
ELECTION on OFFICERS.
Before taking his scat. President Dunn
stated that the election ~ officers was next
IN ordcr, and regretted that urually after